Tazrut

Tazrut is a historic mountain town located in Mila Province, eastern Algeria, nestled in the highlands of the Kutama region. in 893, it became a capital of the nascent Fatimid state, as it was chosen by the missionary Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Shīʿī as his first base for spreading the Isma'ili daʿwa among the Kutama tribes, both politically and religiously. during this formative stage, Tazrut held a sacred status among Isma'ili Fatimids, as it was the first Dār al-Hijra established by Abū ʿAbd Allāh and his supporters from the Kutama tribe, symbolizing the religious and ideological center of the movement. it retained this role until the Fatimids transferred their capital to Ikjan in October 902, which subsequently became the new base of the movement.